Conflict
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 06:16
Fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government forces has flared in eastern Ukraine and the humanitarian situation is "dire," the head of Europe’s main security organization has told RFE/RL.
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 06:32
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, announced Wednesday that they will not recruit people under the age of 18, a decision that comes a year after their commitment not to accept anyone under age 17 into their ranks.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 06:44
The deputy chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission said the commission, contrary to Burundi opposition claims, did not abandon the people of Burundi at last week's AU summit by its failure to send peacekeepers to the country.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:43
U.N. officials are demanding the Chadian government explain why a Central African rebel leader was able to travel freely to Chad in defiance of Security Council sanctions against him. Nourredine Adam, the second-in-command of the ex-Seleka band of mostly Muslim rebels, was able to fly to Chad despite an assets freeze and a travel ban imposed by the UN in May 2014, the world body's sanctions committee said in a report obtained Friday by AFP.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:31
The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State militants with 10 strikes in Iraq on Saturday and seven strikes in Syria, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Friday, February 5, 2016 - 05:52
President Barack Obama has said he will ask the US Congress for $450m (£309m) in aid to help Colombia implement a peace deal with the Farc rebel group.
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 06:45
The explanation for the US military’s impossibly low number can be found in the very way it investigates its own airstrikes.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 06:31
“A match could be laid down, lighting up whole communities that have so far stayed peaceful," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Samantha Power says. “Right now we are in a world of trying to prevent a small fire from becoming a large one,” she adds. Power blames a Burundian president “in denial,” and an opposition aided by Rwanda that has “radicalized over time.”
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 05:09
Santos made the request during a January 28 interview with the Associated Press (AP) at the presidential palace in Bogotá, saying it would be appropriate for the United States to remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC) from a State Department list of terrorist organizations once a peace deal is signed.
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 06:33
A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen regrets civilian deaths, which it says are unintentional, and is improving its targeting mechanisms with Western help, particularly from the U.S.